St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs
Lineups
Lineups are usually announced ~90 minutes before first pitch. Check back soon.
Hitter season stats
Season-to-date lines for each hitter in the projected lineup, with a Marcel projection (Proj OPS). Season columns are 2026 to date; Proj is a forward-looking estimate, not a result.
| BATTER | 2026 SEASON | PROJ OPS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HR | RBI | K | ||
| 1 Alec Burleson 1B · L | .287 | .351 | .480 | .831 | 18 | 77 | 76 | .739 |
| 2 Jordan Walker RF · R | .285 | .343 | .491 | .834 | 22 | 81 | 119 | .728 |
| 3 Iván Herrera DH · R | .239 | .355 | .373 | .728 | 12 | 47 | 89 | .752 |
| 4 JJ Wetherholt 2B · L | .248 | .351 | .388 | .739 | 16 | 43 | 76 | .746 |
| 5 Masyn Winn SS · R | .238 | .317 | .317 | .634 | 4 | 45 | 88 | .732 |
| 6 Nathan Church CF · L | .236 | .283 | .366 | .649 | 9 | 35 | 63 | .729 |
| 7 José Fermín LF · R | .237 | .297 | .355 | .652 | 5 | 24 | 30 | .724 |
| 8 Pedro Pagés C · R | .206 | .251 | .323 | .574 | 4 | 11 | 45 | .716 |
| 9 Blaze Jordan 3B · R | .252 | .271 | .370 | .641 | 1 | 22 | 20 | .746 |
| BATTER | 2026 SEASON | PROJ OPS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HR | RBI | K | ||
| 1 Nico Hoerner 2B · R | .260 | .321 | .363 | .684 | 7 | 54 | 45 | .723 |
| 2 Alex Bregman 3B · R | .248 | .338 | .384 | .722 | 12 | 50 | 83 | .738 |
| 3 Michael Busch 1B · L | .241 | .352 | .390 | .742 | 14 | 63 | 117 | .748 |
| 4 Pete Crow-Armstrong CF · L | .289 | .386 | .550 | .936 | 26 | 69 | 136 | .744 |
| 5 Ian Happ LF · S | .211 | .323 | .404 | .727 | 18 | 48 | 148 | .735 |
| 6 Dansby Swanson SS · R | .217 | .294 | .406 | .700 | 17 | 63 | 101 | .713 |
| 7 Seiya Suzuki RF · R | .270 | .364 | .476 | .840 | 19 | 64 | 111 | .749 |
| 8 Carson Kelly C · R | .265 | .352 | .381 | .733 | 7 | 40 | 50 | .712 |
| 9 Michael Conforto DH · L | .227 | .323 | .448 | .771 | 9 | 24 | 58 | .706 |
Manager comparison
Bullpen availability
- Available 8
- Limited 0
- Rest required 0
- Inactive 0
- Available 5
- Limited 0
- Rest required 0
- Inactive 0
Recent form
Season series: 1-3 with STL listed first across 4 prior meetings.
Pitching & bullpen preview
Probable starters and each bullpen's availability load in the sections above — the Cardinals and Cubs staffs going in.
Once the game ends, a full pitching and bullpen breakdown appears here: starter lines, the relief sequence and each arm's role, pitch counts, and where the game turned.
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How RunsLeft analyzes games
Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.